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I voted no. I lived in the South for over 15 years and still have family down there. I'd visit, but wouldn't live there. What I remember: - Hot. And not just
by j79 16y ago
I voted no. I lived in the South for over 15 years and still have family down there. I'd visit, but wouldn't live there.
What I remember:
- Hot. And not just any hot, but sticky humid hot.
- It's a very small part for me, but racism. I'm mixed
(Asian/Caucasian). I've seen and experienced racism first hand (as recently as a couple years ago.) When I was younger, I remember being asked "why you watching that nigger show?" while Family Matters played. That deeply disturbed me. I mean, who doesn't love Steve Urkel!?
- "Red state." My friend, a dear childhood friend of mine, went on a rant about "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" and how he was a Kenyan who wasn't born in this country, so "how could he be fit to be president?" I've heard similar things from other friends and family members who live down south. I'm definitely not saying all southerners think this way, but I believe there are higher concentrations of them down south...
On that note, I've lived 13 years in the "north" and what I miss about the South are the people. They're some of the kindest, friendliest people I've ever met. That, and the cooking. My god, southern cooking is amazing. Most northern people don't like them, but boiled peanuts are amazing.
BUT, to answer your question: I wouldn't move down south; It's just way too damn hot!
- mindcrime 16y agoI hear ya on the heat thing. It does get hot... and I don't even live in the hottest part of the south. For me, though, it's worth it... I despise being cold, so I'll take being a little hot & humid in the summers, over freezing my balls off in the winter. But I can understand why some people wouldn't want to deal with the hot/humid summers here.
- j79 16y agoHah! I loved the cold (and snow) when I was younger. As I got older (and commuting became a larger part of my daily life), I too grew to despise the cold/winters in the north. I actually understand why you'd prefer to deal with the hot/humid summers rather than freezing your balls off in the winter. For me, it's not only freezing my balls, but dealing with the driest/itchiest skin imaginable... Last year, I made the move from Massachusetts to California. The weather has been amazing. But with all the news about earthquakes, it's making me question whether I made the move at the right time......
- rick888 16y agoI was with you until this: "My friend, a dear childhood friend of mine, went on a rant about "Barack HUSSEIN Obama" and how he was a Kenyan who wasn't born in this country, so "how could he be fit to be president?" Not to take this discussion somewhere else, but: what's so wrong with Obama's middle name? How is referencing his middle name even remotely racist? I feel like when people get angry about this, it's because there is something to hide.